By CARICOM His Excellency Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of Suriname has stated that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must do all it can to assist Haiti to overcome the challenges it is facing. Speaking during a courtesy call on the new CARICOM Secretary-General Her Excellency Carla Barnett at the CARICOM Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana Headquarters on Wednesday, the […]
By Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun implementing policies in recent weeks which expand access to lawful immigration status, employment, and humanitarian protections for people who were previously under assault by the Trump administration. ‘ These latest developments include a redesignation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians, a […]
People walking down Upper Street wearing face masks following the various social distancing measures put in place to stop the spread of Covid-19 – London, England, UK – 21 March 2020 (Shutterstock) By Jason Douglas, Eric Sylvers, MSN The battle against Covid-19 is shifting into long-term, low-intensity mode in Europe, as countries including Germany, Italy and […]
BY JAMI GANZ (NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
A devastating earthquake killed more than 300 people Saturday morning in southwestern Haiti, with reports of towns destroyed and victims buried in the rubble as hospitals were overrun with injured survivors. Officials were sent scrambling after the 8:30 a.m. quake, with its epicenter about 78 miles west of capital city Port-au-Prince. Search-and-rescue teams were dispatched […]
By Victoria Falk
Deborah Millington. Photo: Mario Figeroux On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. hosted a fabulous event at the upscale Son Cubano Restaurant and Bar, located in West New York, New Jersey. The premier award-winning restaurant was a great choice of venues for Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. to meet with valued Travel Agent partners […]
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The name Lester Bryant Bird will forever feature prominently in the annals of Antigua and Barbuda and the Caribbean’s history. He will long be revered as an architect of the post-colonial development of Antigua and Barbuda. Our nation, and the people of the Caribbean have lost a stalwart and visionary with the passing of Sir […]
By PAHO Washington, D.C., August 12, 2021 (PAHO) — Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), expressed concern about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Caribbean countries and made a strong appeal to people to get vaccinated. Speaking at her weekly media briefing, Dr. Etienne, who is from Dominica, said, “I am […]
Black Employees at Construction Company’s Upstate New York Worksite Were Subjected to Racist Insults and a Noose, Federal Agency Charged
ALBANY, N.Y. – CCC Group, Inc. will pay $420,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the San Antonio, Texas-based construction company violated federal law when it fostered a work environment rife with racist comments […]
BY TAL AXELROD (The Hill)
Governor Andrew Cuomo makes an announcement and holds media briefing, NY – June 24, 2020. Photo: lev radin / Shutterstock.com (thehill.com) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has resigned from office after a bombshell report released by state Attorney General Letitia James (D) found he sexually harassed 11 women, including some who worked in his office, and violated state […]
By Joel Achenbach, Carolyn Y. Johnson, Lena H. Sun and Brittany Shammas
COVID 19 coronavirus Delta variant Sars ncov 2 2021. Delta plus Strain. Illustration: Shutterstock (The Washington Post) The variant battle in the United States is over. Delta won. Since late last year, the country has been overrun by a succession of coronavirus variants, each with its own suite of mutations conferring slightly different viral traits. For […]